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Thursday, July 17, 2014

So it has been so long since I did a blog post but life and the business has been busy and it is only getting busier. I wanted to share a recent cake I made with you guys and show you how I accomplished the look if piped peacock feathers.

This cake was a slight challenge for me since I wasn't sure what to pipe the feather on with buttercream or royal icing. I started with royal icing because it gave bright vibrant colors but ended up going with buttercream because I wasn't achieving the look I wanted with royal.

I made a template for how I wanted the center of the feather to look and traced it onto the side of my cake.

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From there I started to build my feathers with color based on how the actual feathers look.

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The centers of the feather can all be different so just mix of the shape and symmetry of the centers to achieve a more realistic look.

I piped in a tan buttercream for the middle part of the feather and later went back and painted it gold to give the feather more of a pop.

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After I had filled in the feather with color I took a skewer and drag lines through the feather to make it appear more realistic.

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Then I started to add the tendrils that make a peacock feather come to life. You can be pretty free flowing with this portion since no two feathers are the same.

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I was really happy with how the finished cake turned out. I think the feathers look very realistic and beautiful for the side of a wedding cake. (Sorry about photo quality it is very hard to snap a good photo at this venue).

So in the future if you want to pipe feathers instead of painting them I hope this little tutorial will help with that. I will try to get some more posts up in the coming weeks. I just have to find the time in the schedule. Thanks for reading!﻿